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| accessdate = }}</ref>, DIP's Operational Handbook (also 2009) put the figure at 'over £900m'<ref>{{cite web
| accessdate = }}</ref>. Some evidence has been taken to suggest that DIP has been effective in achieving its aims; since 2003, acquisitive crime (which is strongly associated with class A substance misuse) has fallen by 32 per cent in England and Wales<sup>[Reference needed, and measure - convictions? British Crime Survey?]</sup>. In areas with more intensive DIP activity, early evaluation showed crime falling faster in those areas than areas with less intensive DIPs<ref>{{cite web▼
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| title = Drug Interventions Programme Operational Handbook
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| accessdate = 30th July 2011 }}</ref>. Some evidence has been taken to suggest that DIP has been effective in achieving its aims. A severe shortfall of methodologically rigorous evaluations makes it impossible to ascertain DIP's true impact on levels of acquisitive crime, though in his foreword to the 2008 Drug Strategy the Home Secretary claimed that DIP coercion and case management have 'contributed to a fall in recorded acquisitive crime of around 20 per cent'<ref>{{cite web
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| title = Drugs: Protecting Families and Communities. The 2008 Drug Strategy. First Edition.
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| date = 2008
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